Phoebe Snow

You make me laugh
Cause your eyes they light the night
They look right through me
You bashful boy
You're hiding something sweet
Please give it to me yeah, to me

Talk to me some more
You don't have to go
You're the Poetry Man
You make things all rhyme

You are a genie
All I ask for is your smile
Each time I rub the lamp
When I am with you
I have a giggling teen-age crush
Then I'm a sultry vamp

Talk to me some more
You don't have to go
You're the Poetry Man
You make things all right

So once again
It's time to say so long
And so recall the cull of life
You're going home now
Home's that place somewhere you go each day
To see your wife

Talk to me some more
You don't have to go
You're the Poetry Man
You make things all rhyme

Lady Luck and four-leaf clovers
Won't ease this hurt I feel all over
My life was one special occasion
'Til you're leavin', dampened the situation

I'm standin' on shakey ground
Ever since you put me down
I'm standin' on shakey ground
Ever since you put me down

My car got repossessed this morning
Harder times I haven't seen in years, years
You'd better throw me a life preserver
'Cause I'm about to drown in my own tears

I'm standin' on shakey ground
Ever since you put me down
I'm standin' on shakey ground
Ever since you put me down

I'm standin' on shakey ground
Ever since you put me down
I'm standin' on shakey ground
Ever since you put me down

Lady Luck and four-leaf clovers
Won't ease this hurt I feel all over
My life was one special occasion
Until your leavin', dampened the situation

Standin' on shakey ground
Ever since you put me down
I'm standin' on shakey ground
Ever since you put me down

I'm, I'm standin' on shakey ground
Ever since you put me down
I'm standin' on shakey ground
Ever since you put me down, put me down

Standin' on shakey ground
Ever since you put me down
Standin' on shakey ground
Ever since you put me down

Standin' on shakey ground
Ever since you put me down
Standin' on shakey ground
Ever since you put me down
Standin' on shakey ground
Ever since you put me down

Tell me what you're feeling and what it all means.
You could be defensive or open up and share your dreams.
You can keep right on denying or face me and start crying.
'Cause this time, when I reach out, it may be my last try.
Oh baby, I want something real one time before I die.

We'll cry until it's funny, baby. And laugh our selves to tears, yeah.
If you're frightened honey, I'll hold you through your fears.
You see, I've had some bad relationships already and
I've fooled around goin' steady
But this time when I reach out, it may be my last try.
Help me, help me, baby, I want something real from you baby.
I want something that, I don't have to stay alive
I want something real one time before I die.

We can make love all night until sky catches fire.
Keep talking for hours, I'll never get tired.
Don't want you to lie, but you're such a beautiful liar.

You see, I want something real from you baby.
I want something that I don't have, to stay alive
I want something that I can really feel.
Something that I can't conceal
I want something real one time before I die

You make me laugh
Cause your eyes they light the night
They look right through me
You bashful boy
You're hiding something sweet
Please give it to me yeah, to me

Talk to me some more
You don't have to go
You're the Poetry Man
You make things all rhyme

You are a genie
All I ask for is your smile
Each time I rub the lamp
When I am with you
I have a giggling teen-age crush
Then I'm a sultry vamp

Talk to me some more
You don't have to go
You're the Poetry Man
You make things all right

So once again
It's time to say so long
And so recall the cull of life
You're going home now
Home's that place somewhere you go each day
To see your wife

Talk to me some more
You don't have to go
You're the Poetry Man
You make things all rhyme

Baby, I need your lovin';
Baby, I need your lovin';
Although you're never near,
Your voice I often hear.
Another day, 'nother night,
I long to hold you tight,
'Cause I'm so lonely.

Baby, I need your lovin'
Got to have all your lovin'.
Baby I need your lovin';
Got to have all you lovin'.

Some say it's a sign of weakness
For a man to beg.
Then weak I'd rather be,
If it means having you to keep,
'Cause lately I've been losing sleep.

Baby, I need your lovin'
Got to have all your lovin'.
Baby I need your lovin';
Got to have all you lovin'.

Lonely nights echo your name,
Oh, sometimes I wonder
Will I ever be the same?
Oh yeah! When you see me smiling,
You know things have gotten worse.
Any smile you might see has all been rehearsed.
Darling, I can't go on without you.
This emptiness won't let me live without you;
This loneliness inside, darling,
Makes me feel half alive.

Baby, I need your lovin'
Got to have all your lovin'.
Baby I need your lovin';
Got to have all you lovin'.
Baby, I need your lovin'
Got to have all your lovin'.
Baby I need your lovin';
Got to have all you lovin'.
Baby, I need your lovin'
Got to have all your lovin'.
Baby I need your lovin';
Got to have all you lovin'.

You are my mantra, you are my prayer
My benediction, my conviction, my electric chair
My reaction, attraction
You expose my every layer

You're my poem on a cloudy day
Alabaster shores with palms that sway
A fleeting glance misread
And then I run away

You'll always be my inspiration
I love you from afar
Oh, my love, how beautiful
How beautiful we are, we are

You're my morning star, my wake up call
You are my trip, you are my fall, my fall

You are sacred ancient music
For the devil to deploy
Prying loose the dead bolt
To my heart's forgotten door

You'll always be my inspiration
I love you from afar
Oh, my love, how beautiful
How beautiful

You'll always be my inspiration
I love you from afar
Oh, my love, how beautiful
How pitiful we are, we are, we are

Beautiful we are
I love you

Lightning crashes, a new mother cries
Her placenta falls to the floor
The angel opens her eyes
The confusion sets in
Before the doctor can even close the door

Lightning crashes, old mother dies
Her intentions fall to the floor
The angel closes her eyes
The confusion that was hers
Belongs now to the baby down the hall

Oh, now feel it comin' back again
Like a rollin' thunder chasing the wind
Forces pullin' from the center of the Earth again
I can feel it

Lightning crashes, a new mother cries
This moment she's been waiting for
The angel opens her eyes
Pale blue colored iris presents the circle
And puts the glory out to hide

Oh, now feel it comin' back again
Like a rollin' thunder chasing the wind
Forces pullin' from the center of the Earth again
I can feel it, I can feel it

Oh, now feel it comin' back again
Like a rollin' thunder chasing the wind
Forces pullin' from the center of the Earth again
I can feel it

Oh, now feel it comin' back again
Like a rollin' thunder chasing the wind
Forces pullin' from the center of the Earth again
I can feel it, I can feel it, feel it

Baby, I need your lovin';
Baby, I need your lovin';
Although you're never near,
Your voice I often hear.
Another day, 'nother night,
I long to hold you tight,
'Cause I'm so lonely.

Baby, I need your lovin'
Got to have all your lovin'.
Baby I need your lovin';
Got to have all you lovin'.

Some say it's a sign of weakness
For a man to beg.
Then weak I'd rather be,
If it means having you to keep,
'Cause lately I've been losing sleep.

Baby, I need your lovin'
Got to have all your lovin'.
Baby I need your lovin';
Got to have all you lovin'.

Lonely nights echo your name,
Oh, sometimes I wonder
Will I ever be the same?
Oh yeah! When you see me smiling,
You know things have gotten worse.
Any smile you might see has all been rehearsed.
Darling, I can't go on without you.
This emptiness won't let me live without you;
This loneliness inside, darling,
Makes me feel half alive.

Baby, I need your lovin'
Got to have all your lovin'.
Baby I need your lovin';
Got to have all you lovin'.
Baby, I need your lovin'
Got to have all your lovin'.
Baby I need your lovin';
Got to have all you lovin'.
Baby, I need your lovin'
Got to have all your lovin'.
Baby I need your lovin';
Got to have all you lovin'.

You are my mantra, you are my prayer
My benediction, my conviction, my electric chair
My reaction, attraction
You expose my every layer

You're my poem on a cloudy day
Alabaster shores with palms that sway
A fleeting glance misread
And then I run away

You'll always be my inspiration
I love you from afar
Oh, my love, how beautiful
How beautiful we are, we are

You're my morning star, my wake up call
You are my trip, you are my fall, my fall

You are sacred ancient music
For the devil to deploy
Prying loose the dead bolt
To my heart's forgotten door

You'll always be my inspiration
I love you from afar
Oh, my love, how beautiful
How beautiful

You'll always be my inspiration
I love you from afar
Oh, my love, how beautiful
How pitiful we are, we are, we are

Beautiful we are
I love you

Lightning crashes, a new mother cries
Her placenta falls to the floor
The angel opens her eyes
The confusion sets in
Before the doctor can even close the door

Lightning crashes, old mother dies
Her intentions fall to the floor
The angel closes her eyes
The confusion that was hers
Belongs now to the baby down the hall

Oh, now feel it comin' back again
Like a rollin' thunder chasing the wind
Forces pullin' from the center of the Earth again
I can feel it

Lightning crashes, a new mother cries
This moment she's been waiting for
The angel opens her eyes
Pale blue colored iris presents the circle
And puts the glory out to hide

Oh, now feel it comin' back again
Like a rollin' thunder chasing the wind
Forces pullin' from the center of the Earth again
I can feel it, I can feel it

Oh, now feel it comin' back again
Like a rollin' thunder chasing the wind
Forces pullin' from the center of the Earth again
I can feel it

Oh, now feel it comin' back again
Like a rollin' thunder chasing the wind
Forces pullin' from the center of the Earth again
I can feel it, I can feel it, feel it

IT TAKES A LOT TO LAUGH, IT TAKES A TRAIN TO CRY
WRITER BOB DYLAN

Well, I ride on a mail train, baby,
Can't buy a thrill.
Well, I've been up all night, baby, Leanin' on the window sill.
Well, if I die On top of the hill
And if I don't make it, You know my baby will.
Don't the moon look good, mama,
Shinin' through the trees?
Don't the brakeman look good, mama,
Flagging down the "Double E"?
Don't the sun look good
Goin' down over the sea?
Don't my gal look fine
When she's comin' after me?
Now the wintertime is coming,
The windows are filled with frost.
I went to tell everybody,
But I could not get across.
Well, I wanna be your lover, baby,
I don't wanna be your boss.
Don't say I never warned you
When your train gets lost.

Doesn't take much to make me happy
And make me smile with glee
Never never will I feel discouraged
'Cause our love's no mystery
Demonstrating love and affection
That you give so openly
I like the way you make me feel about you, baby
Want the whole wide world to see

Oh oh you've got the best of my love
Oh oh you've got the best of my love
Oh oh you've got the best of my love
Oh oh you've got the best of my love

Flowing in and out of changes
The kind that come around each day
My life has a better meaning
Love has kissed me in a beautiful way
Holding hands ain't everybody's thing
But with me it plants the seed
In my heart forever growing
The kind of love I know you need

Oh oh you've got the best of my love
Oh oh you've got the best of my love
Oh oh you've got the best of my love
Oh oh you've got the best of my love

Tell me what you're feeling and what it all means.
You could be defensive or open up and share your dreams.
You can keep right on denying or face me and start crying.
'Cause this time, when I reach out, it may be my last try.
Oh baby, I want something real one time before I die.

We'll cry until it's funny, baby. And laugh our selves to tears, yeah.
If you're frightened honey, I'll hold you through your fears.
You see, I've had some bad relationships already and
I've fooled around goin' steady
But this time when I reach out, it may be my last try.
Help me, help me, baby, I want something real from you baby.
I want something that, I don't have to stay alive
I want something real one time before I die.

We can make love all night until sky catches fire.
Keep talking for hours, I'll never get tired.
Don't want you to lie, but you're such a beautiful liar.

You see, I want something real from you baby.
I want something that I don't have, to stay alive
I want something that I can really feel.
Something that I can't conceal
I want something real one time before I die

She loved a man who was sweet and lean
With a madison avenue scar
And wherever he went to get away
He took their luxury car
Where can you run
When the old house shakes
And it's too hot to make any plans
The sidewalks crack, and the whole world quakes
'cause you know that you chose the wrong man


Chorus:
Electra, the spirits tease
High up a bluff
And down on her knees
She's looking down
At kingdom come
Come back electra


Don't jump, don't jump!

With a camera, he caught the mood
When a pen he caught what she thought
And everything worth having he mistook
For something you bought
Where can you run
When the old house shakes
And it's too hot to make any plans
The sidewalks crack, and the whole world quakes
'cause you know that you chose the wrong man


Repeat chorus:

When the fire, it was burning
But I know, I should have been learning
And my pockets were full of money
I had someone, yes I did, to call my honey

And it's love that makes a woman
And it's love that makes a woman

Something told me that this wouldn't last
My money is in the past
I had to swallow all my pride
And admit to myself deep down inside

Diamonds and pearls, I, I've had enough
But I feel so much better dressed in love

And it's love that makes a woman
And it's love that makes a woman
What she is, yeah, what she is, hey, yeah

And it's love that makes a woman
And it's love that makes a woman
What she is, yeah, what she is, hey, yeah

It's love, it's love, it's love
That makes a woman

Oh, majesty of life, please don't escape me.
It's getting later and the windowshades are drawn.
I'm not the best that I could be
But I'm trying to wait and see
What can happen to a girl in her hometown

Chorus:
Oh, the wilderness
The unmade bed
The aching head
And oh the greying afternoon
The diary that ends too soon

Oh sweet belief in love, I know you're somewhere
No love is perfect but a true one must exist
It's getting farther down the year
I hope my autumn eyes will clear
And let me recognize his soul
When we have kissed

Repeat Chorus

He's got front wheel drive, lots of money, but he don't scare me
He's the trigger, I'm the gun--he just does not scare me

Chorus: man, you know he's so uptown, I'm so earthbound
He sez "ride the elevator! do it now or do it later"
How far we fall when we get off the wall, and
We ride the elevator

Schoolgirl annie sez he's uncanny but he don't scare me
She throws rose petals, he shows his medals, but he don't scare me



Repeat chorus

He is just a comedian and he don't scare me
He can squeeze a woman like a milk-fed hen but he don't scare me

Repeat chorus

You've got the cool water
When the fever runs high
And you've got the look of love
Right in your eyes
And I was in a crazy motion
Till you calmed me down
It took a little time
But you calmed me down

Some people never say the words
"I love you"
It's not their style to be so bold
Some people never say the words
"I love you"
But like a child
They're longing to be told

They've got a wall in China
It's a thousand miles long
To keep out the foreigners
They made it strong
And I've got a wall around me
That you can't even see
It took a little time
To get next to me

If something goes wrong
I'm the first to admit it
The first to admit it
But the last one to know
If something goes right
Well, it's likely to lose me
It's apt to confuse me
Because it's such an unusual sight
Oh I can't get used to something so right
Something so right

Some people never say the words
"I love you"
It's not their style to be so bold
Some people never say the words
"I love you"
But like a child
I'm longing to be told

They've got a wall in China
And I've got a wall around me
It took a little time
To get next to me

Thank you but I'm just looking
Shopping endless malls, waiting for phone calls
It rings--it's you--all right--the middle of the night
I'm the forgotten fledgling
Grounded by broken song, just a sparrow of
The blues, till you come by--the middle of the night
Trapped inside of my tired tv
I survive until you rescue me--yeaahh


Then I forget appointments
Future's so far like mercury, moon and mars
You're here, turn out--that light
The middle of the night

We're children at the awkward stage
With moods we can never show
That's why it's best to turn this page and go
Just go--just go--just go--just go

Chorus:
You never stay around when I'm feeling fine
You're back in time for pain
And so my love some bad news
Your ring fell down the drain

You're staring so I turn my head
My eyes give it all away
It hurts to know we still have things to say
To say
To say
To say
To say

Repeat chorus

You're leaving but I'm not afraid
Or lost without company
I'll spend this time with somone new
Me, it's me, it's me, it's me

Repeat chorus

Nine of diamonds, Nine of diamonds
Lord, that's a lucky card.
We'll celebrate it, when we've made it,
I'll jump all over your yard,
I'll jump all over your yard, I'll jump all over...
I don't know what hit me but I'm seeing Stars.
This comic book life is like being on Mars.
Thousands of warm hands are touching me.
All over, All over, I hope this will never be all over.
All over, All over, I hope this will never be all over.
The night queen fright wig street Parade may fade.
When we laugh at the statues of gods we have made.
Oceans of love-waves are washing me
All over, All over, I hope this will never be all over.
All over, All over, I hope this will never be all over.
Nine of diamonds, Nine of diamonds
Lord, that's a lucky card.
We'll celebrate it, when we've made it,
I'll jump all over your yard,
I'll jump all over your yard, I'll jump all over...
When you feel that your train of thought's been derailed
Let out your wild wishes from where they've been jailed
You feel the future embracing you
All over, All over, I hope this will never be all over.
All over, All over, I hope this will never be all over.

If it has mystery buy it, things must have a price
Play it as it lays, lucky number pays, gamble till you win
Everybody cash in, yeah

You might just keep rolling sevens, time means nothing here
You could turn the stone, think of all you'd own, even statues grin
Everybody cash in, yeah, whoa
Take the money and run, cash it all in now

The stars can always go walking with me
Oh, what loyalty in the shine
Nice, that they can be so free
And all they spend is time

Cash it all in, cash it all in
Cash it all in, cash it all in
Cash it all in, cash it all in
Cash it all in, cash it all in

I fell in love with a circus, that's why I left town
Clowns breath down my neck, I thought they'd mark the deck
Until I called out gin and the jokers cashed in

When I am secure and can give you enough
I watch mother nature doin' her stuff
No one owns the right to this, my love, freedom's tough
It's tough for you, baby, it's tough for you, baby

So, how much can you get for your soul
When you rock and roll, money can't be worthless
When your music's mirthless, I love you back then
At least until you cashed in

Cash it all in, cash it all in
Cash it all in, cash it all in

Cash it, cash it all in
Cash it, cash it all in
Cash it, cash it all in

No regrets altho' our love affair has gone astray
No regrets I know I'll always care though you're away
Somehow our happy romance ended suddenly
Still in my heart you'll be forever mine

No regrets because somebody new looks good to you
No regrets sweetheart no matter what you say or do
I know our love will linger when the other love forgets
Still in my heart you'll be forever mine